Favorite Mystic River Quotes

Dave: I'm walking to my car, and this guy comes up to me. Asks for a light. I say I don't smoke. He says neither does he. So then my heart starts clocking a buck fifty, 'cause there's no one else here except me and him. So then he pulls the knife on me. Says, 'Your wallet or your life, bitch. I'm leaving with one of them'. So I try to brush past him, and that's when he slices me.Celeste Boyle: I thought you said you swung at him.Dave: Can I tell the fucking story?

Sean Devine: So Jimmy, when was the last time you saw Dave?Jimmy Markum: The last time I saw Dave...Sean Devine: Yeah, Dave Boyle.Jimmy Markum: Dave Boyle...Sean Devine: Yeah Jimmy, Dave Boyle.Jimmy Markum: That was twenty-five years ago, going up this street, in the back of that car.

Jimmy Markum: They put her in a bag.Theo: What's that?Jimmy Markum: That's what Katie looked like when I saw her in the morgue. Like they put her in a bag and then they beat the bag with pipes. Janie died in her sleep, all due respect, but there you go. She went to sleep, she never woke up. Peaceful.Theo: You don't need to talk about Janie.Jimmy Markum: My daughter was murdered. They put a gun to her. As we stand here, she's on an autopsy slab getting cut open by scalpels and chest spreaders, and you're talking to me about domestic fucking responsibility? Good to see you, Theo.